Java CSV String Split splitCSV(String inputString)

Description

split CSV

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String[] splitCSV(String inputString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Main {
    public static String[] splitCSV(String inputString) {
        ArrayList<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
        String tempString;//  w  ww  .j a v  a  2s. c om
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < inputString.length(); i++) {
            if (inputString.charAt(i) == '"') {
                i++;
                while (i < inputString.length()) {
                    if (inputString.charAt(i) == '"' && inputString.charAt(i + 1) == '"') //when there are two double quotation mark next to each other
                    {
                        sb.append('"');
                        i = i + 2;
                    }
                    if (inputString.charAt(i) == '"') {
                        break;
                    } else {
                        sb.append(inputString.charAt(i));
                        i++;
                    }
                }
                i++; // skip over the double quotation mark
            }

            if (inputString.charAt(i) != ',') {
                sb.append(inputString.charAt(i));
            } // if
            else {
                tempString = sb.toString();
                stringList.add(tempString);
                sb.setLength(0);
            } // else
        } // for

        // After reaching the last character of the string, we need to do the
        // following
        tempString = sb.toString();
        stringList.add(tempString);
        sb.setLength(0);

        String[] stockArr = new String[stringList.size()];
        stockArr = stringList.toArray(stockArr);
        return stockArr;
    }
}

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